Cornwall Fire & Rescue Service Newsdesk

Millendreath, Looe at 11/01/2015 19:56

Nine firefighters on two appliances from Looe were called to a villa apartment which had an electrical fire in its fuse box. On crews arrival the single storey apartment had a fire located in the rear kitchen area of the 12 x 10 metre structure. Crews approached the fire wearing two breathing apparatus and a carbon dioxide fire extinguisher. An Ambulance was requested to treat a male casualty suffering from smoke inhalation. Fire crews remained on scene until the arrival of an electricity engineer to make the utilities safe.